[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 144 Voting/WEEK 145 Nominating

Song of the Week. 125 Weeks and counting.
Week 144 Voting is closed.
Week 145 Nominating is open (through BATTLE 18).

Results
1). [24] Excite Truck (Game Rip) - Nebula
2). [19] CROSS HERMIT SOUNDTRACK - Cross Hermit
3). [18] eXceed 3rd -JADE PENETRATE- (Game Rip) - FLY UP
4). [15] Guxt (Game Rip) - Stage 5
5). [10] In the wake of Doshin, the GIANT - All Along the Bardo Island
6). [8] Red Stone Original Soundtrack - -Tower- Dancing Gear
7). [6] Ultima Online (Game Rip) - Cove
8). [2] POPOROGUE Original Soundtrack - The Magic of the Moon, Majestic Dream - For Those Who Chase Dreams

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: CROSS HERMIT SOUNDTRACK - Cross Hermit
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: eXceed 3rd -JADE PENETRATE- (Game Rip) - FLY UP
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Excite Truck (Game Rip) - Nebula
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Guxt (Game Rip) - Stage 5
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: In the wake of Doshin, the GIANT - All Along the Bardo Island
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: POPOROGUE Original Soundtrack - The Magic of the Moon, Majestic Dream - For Those Who Chase Dreams
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Red Stone Original Soundtrack - -Tower- Dancing Gear
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Ultima Online (Game Rip) - Cove

Notes:
If you are a member at more than one of the forums in which this event is being held, please nominate and vote in only ONE of the forums. You may, however, comment in the threads at any of the other forums.

Week 145 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Here is the link to the corresponding thread in the other forum: Soundtrack Central

How ya doing, buddy?

CROSS HERMIT SOUNDTRACK - Cross Hermit I like the initial sound of this one--minimalistic, desolate piano with vocals and synths. The second half of the song is almost 100% different--so much so that it's jarring--and while it's not bad (in fact, it's quite good), it's also a lot more standard.

eXceed 3rd -JADE PENETRATE- (Game Rip) - FLY UP A hyperactive synth track in the vein of a hundred thousand others. It's competent, but doesn't bring anything new to the table and winds up sounding very familiar.

Excite Truck (Game Rip) - Nebula This sounds about how you'd expect a racing track to sound, with plenty of percussive and guitar noise but not a lot of substance. Some of the snarling guitar passages are worth a second look, but that's about all.

Guxt (Game Rip) - Stage 5 Cross, eXceed, Excite, Guxt...a definite X theme going on this week! This is a pretty good chiptune, with some nice drive to it.

In the wake of Doshin, the GIANT - All Along the Bardo Island Laid-back Latin-style acoustics. I don't generally go in for this sort of thing, but it's okay as background music for when the cabana boy brings more towels out.

POPOROGUE Original Soundtrack - The Magic of the Moon, Majestic Dream - For Those Who Chase Dreams Mediocre J-Pop. I almost wish it were horrible enough to rant against, but instead it's just...there.

Red Stone Original Soundtrack - -Tower- Dancing Gear The fragmented opening was pretty neat, an interesting spin on the usual old trance elements. Sadly, the track sinks into the usual well-worn groove soon after.

Ultima Online (Game Rip) - Cove This shows its age and MIDI origins a bit. The overall sound is nice, but it doesn't really go anywhere.

The Point Spread
Cross Hermit - 3 pts.
Stage 5 - 2 pts.
Bardo Island - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Underworld

Nom

Composers: Atsushi Shirakawa, Hayato Sonoda, Wataru Ishibashi, Maiko Hattori
Album: VM Japan OST
Track Title: Warriors
Disc Number: 1 (of 2)
Track Number: 4
Catalog Number: NW10102500
Year: 2002
Source: VM Japan Original Sound Track - VGMdb

Might want to post that in the Battle thread too, as a reminder.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.